For me, it's always difficult when a historical film claims to depict or represent a reality that none of us can know, that is always different. It's always the case. We never know what happened then.

Pornography, it seems to me, is no different from war films or propaganda films in that it tries to make the visceral, horrific, or transgressive elements of life consumable.

As a private person, professionally I am invisible.

That is one of the characteristics of fascism, the idea that the state can provide all of the answers for everyone.

I learned my business in the theater and in television, particularly working with the actors. You can learn much more in the theater than directing a movie, because then you have no time when you are shooting a movie to really work with the actors. You have to learn this craft somewhere else.

Film is simply the most complex way you can express yourself

It is boring to have all the answers. Only political people have answers.